"to number 47 on 7 September. On 14 September it fell fourteen places to number 61 in its seventh week on the chart before dropping out of the top 75. Following the release of ""Chasing Lights"" and the popularity of follow-up single ""Up"", ""If This Is Love"" re-entered the chart after an absence of six weeks, at number 71 on 26 October 2008. It then climbed five places to number 66 the following week before exiting the chart again on 9 November 2008. Altogether, ""If This Is Love"" spent a total of nine weeks within the chart and has sold"
"number. In Marseille, it is common for people to refer to the names of the neighborhoods, such as Ste. Anne or Mazargues, but also to the number of the arrondissements. Municipal arrondissements are used in the five-digit postal codes of France. The first two digits are the number of the ""département"" in which the address is located (75 for Paris; 69 for Rhône in which Lyon is located; 13 for Bouches-du-Rhône in which Marseille is located); the last three digits are the number of the arrondissement so the postal code of a person living in the 5th arrondissement of Paris"
"Strasbourg Strasbourg (, ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Grand Est region of France and is the official seat of the European Parliament. Located at the border with Germany in the historic region of Alsace, it is the capital of the Bas-Rhin department. In 2014, the city proper had 276,170 inhabitants and both the Eurométropole de Strasbourg (Greater Strasbourg) and the Arrondissement of Strasbourg had 484,157 inhabitants. Strasbourg's metropolitan area had a population of 773,347 in 2013 (not counting the section across the border in Germany), making it the ninth largest metro area in France"
"the Caribbean. Montpellier Montpellier (; ) is a city in southern France. It is the capital of the Hérault department. Montpellier is the 7th-largest city of France, and is also the fastest-growing city in the country over the past 25 years. In 2014, 589,610 people live in the urban area and 275,318 in the city itself. Nearly one third of the population are students from three universities and from three higher education institutions that are outside the university framework in the city. Located near the south coast of France on the Mediterranean Sea, it is the third-largest French city on"
"0, with the notable exception of Paris, Lyon and Marseille – see below – and the Overseas Départements and Territories. Postcodes not ending with a 0 may indicate a special code, known as CEDEX (see below), or newest postcodes. In Paris, Lyon and Marseille, the last two digits of the postal code indicate the ""municipal arrondissement"". Prior to 1972, an address in the eighth ""municipal arrondissement"" of Paris, would be written as: This number was incorporated into the postal code as: The 16th arrondissement of Paris has two postal codes, 75016 (south) and 75116 (north). In each département, the ""préfecture"""
"Arrondissement of Montpellier The arrondissement of Montpellier is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Hérault département. Its INSEE code is 343 and its capital city, and prefecture of the department, is Montpellier. Since the January 2017 reorganization of the arrondissements of Hérault, it has 68 communes. In 2012, before its borders were modified, it had an area of , a population of 681,343 inhabitants and a density of inhabitants/km². The main cities in the arrondissement are Montpellier (268,456 inhabitants), Sète (44,558 inhabitants), Lunel (25,405 inhabitants), Frontignan (22,728 inhabitants), Mauguio (16,7865 inhabitants), Castelnau-le-Lez (16,664 inhabitants), Lattes (15,719 inhabitants)"
"Montpellier Montpellier (; ) is a city in southern France. It is the capital of the Hérault department. Montpellier is the 7th-largest city of France, and is also the fastest-growing city in the country over the past 25 years. In 2014, 589,610 people live in the urban area and 275,318 in the city itself. Nearly one third of the population are students from three universities and from three higher education institutions that are outside the university framework in the city. Located near the south coast of France on the Mediterranean Sea, it is the third-largest French city on the Mediterranean"
"is ""75005 Paris"", and for a person living in the 14th arrondissement of Marseille it will be ""13014 Marseille"". The only exception is the 16th arrondissement of Paris, which is divided between two postal codes because if its size: ""75016 Paris"", in the south of the arrondissement, and ""75116 Paris"", in the north of the arrondissement. The arrondissements of Paris form a clockwise spiral or snail pattern beginning from the first in the centre. In Marseille, they form a meandering path from the first down through the southwest, to the southeast, northeast and finally to the northwest. The arrondissements of"
"33 communes of the métropole are, with number of inhabitants on 1 January 2014: Eurométropole de Strasbourg Eurométropole de Strasbourg is the ""métropole"", an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Strasbourg. It is located in the Bas-Rhin department, in the Grand Est region, northeastern France. It was created in January 2015, replacing the previous ""Communauté urbaine de Strasbourg"", and covers that part of the Strasbourg metropolitan area that lies in France. Its population was 491,516 in 2014, of which 280,680 in Strasbourg proper. The Urban Community of Strasbourg (French: ""Communauté urbaine de Strasbourg""), also known by its French initials"
"communes of the arrondissement of Montpellier are (with their INSEE codes): Arrondissement of Montpellier The arrondissement of Montpellier is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Hérault département. Its INSEE code is 343 and its capital city, and prefecture of the department, is Montpellier. Since the January 2017 reorganization of the arrondissements of Hérault, it has 68 communes. In 2012, before its borders were modified, it had an area of , a population of 681,343 inhabitants and a density of inhabitants/km². The main cities in the arrondissement are Montpellier (268,456 inhabitants), Sète (44,558 inhabitants), Lunel (25,405 inhabitants), Frontignan"
"there and Algerian codes became obsolete. In 1968, two in the Paris region were split into smaller ones because of the growing population. 75, which had been the code for Seine, was attributed to Paris and 78 (Seine-et-Oise) to Yvelines. Newly created were Essonne (91), Hauts-de-Seine (92), Seine-Saint-Denis (93), Val-de-Marne (94) and Val-d'Oise (95). Most of them received numbers that had previously been allocated to the in French Algeria. Saint Pierre and Miquelon, now a self-governing overseas collectivity with its own registration plates, was a proper between 1976 and 1985. As such, it could have had FNI format car plates"
"added to the front of seven-digit numbers – for example, (fictional) Paris number 16 1 234 56 78 became 16 1 42 34 56 78. For numbers in the Île-de-France surrounding Paris, the old codes ""3"" and ""6"" joined the old seven-digit numbers to become eight-digit numbers and were assigned to the Paris area code ""1"". To call the rest of France from Paris, however, the trunk prefix ""16"" had to be dialed before the eight-digit number, and to call Paris from the rest of France, the prefix ""16"" had to be dialed, followed by the area code for Paris"
"with 27 cities all over the world: Marseille Marseille (; , ; Marseilles; ) is the second-largest city of France. The main city of the historical province of Provence, today it is the capital of the department of Bouches-du-Rhône and region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. It is located on France's south coast near the mouth of the Rhône river. The city covers an area of and had a population of 852,516 in 2012. Its metropolitan area, which extends over is the third-largest in France after Paris and Lyon, with a population of 1,831,500 as of 2010. Known to the ancient Greeks"
"lines from the 1980s. For example, after the LGV Méditerranée opened in 2001, air traffic between Paris and Marseille declined from 2,976,793 passengers in 2000 to 1,502,196 passengers in 2014. After the LGV Est opened in 2007, air traffic between Paris and Strasbourg declined from 1,006,327 passengers in 2006 to 157,207 passengers in 2014. Internationally, air traffic has increased markedly in recent years between Paris and the Gulf airports, the emerging nations of Africa, Russia, Turkey, Portugal, Italy, and mainland China, whereas noticeable decline has been recorded between Paris and the British Isles, Egypt, Tunisia, and Japan. The city is"
"1968. The city of Versailles is part of this area. Île-de-France is twinned with: Île-de-France Île-de-France (; , literally ""Island of France""), often called the ""région parisienne"" (""Paris Region""), contains the city of Paris, and is the most populous of the 18 regions of France. It covers , or two percent of the national territory, and has official estimated population of 12,246,234 as of January 1, 2018, or 18.2% of the population of France. The region accounts for nearly 30 percent of the French Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The region is made up of eight administrative departments; Paris, Essonne, Hauts-de-Seine,"
"residents increasingly relocated to the more distant suburbs of the metropolitan area of Paris, but since 1999 it has regained some inhabitants, with a population increase of 292,650 inhabitants between 1999 and 2006. This new population growth after a long period of decline is comparable to what is observed in the central areas of other large Western metropolises such as Inner London. Of the new departments created in 1968, Paris (75) was the most populous in 2006 with 2,181,371 inhabitants. The Paris department is currently the second-most populous of France behind that of . Seine (department) Seine was a department"
"position in France's alphabetical list), while three new ""départements"" of Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis and Val-de-Marne were created and given the numbers 92, 93, and 94, respectively. The result of this division is that today Paris's limits as a ""département"" are exactly those of its limits as a ""commune"", a situation unique in France. Each of Paris's twenty arrondissements has its own town hall and a directly elected council (""conseil d'arrondissement""), which, in turn, elects an arrondissement mayor. A selection of members from each arrondissement council form the Council of Paris (""conseil de Paris's'), which, in turn, elects the mayor of Paris."
"had to choose which nine would actually be used. The choice for the first seven was undisputed – the national Stade de France, four newly constructed ones in Lille Metropole (Villeneuve-d'Ascq), Décines-Charpieu (Lyon Metropolis), Nice and Bordeaux, and two stadiums in the two largest cities, Paris and Marseille. After Strasbourg opted out for financial reasons following relegation, two more venues were selected to be Lens and Nancy, leaving Saint-Étienne and Toulouse as reserve options. In June 2011, the number of host venues was increased to eleven due to the new tournament format featuring 24 teams, instead of the previous 16."
"2014 law allowed any group of communes to cooperate in a larger administrative division called a ""métropole"". One métropole, Lyon, also has status as a department. France's national statistics institute, Insee, designates 12 of the country's urban areas as ""metropolitan areas"". Paris, Lyon and Marseille are the biggest, the other nine being Toulouse, Lille, Bordeaux, Nice, Nantes, Strasbourg, Rennes, Grenoble and Montpellier. The largest German city by administrative borders is Berlin, while Rhine-Ruhr is the largest metropolitan area (with more than 10 million people). The importance of a city is measured with three groups of indicators, also called metropolitan functions:"
"Eurométropole de Strasbourg Eurométropole de Strasbourg is the ""métropole"", an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Strasbourg. It is located in the Bas-Rhin department, in the Grand Est region, northeastern France. It was created in January 2015, replacing the previous ""Communauté urbaine de Strasbourg"", and covers that part of the Strasbourg metropolitan area that lies in France. Its population was 491,516 in 2014, of which 280,680 in Strasbourg proper. The Urban Community of Strasbourg (French: ""Communauté urbaine de Strasbourg""), also known by its French initials ""CUS"", was founded in 1967. It became a métropole on 1 January 2015. The"
"Marseille to eight ""secteurs"" (""areas""), two arrondissements per ""secteur"". Thus, in effect, Marseille can be more properly described as being divided into eight ""secteurs"", the sixteen arrondissements having been made merely units of demarcation. Municipal arrondissements have names only in Paris and are seldom used even there. In Paris, residents are very familiar with the arrondissements and, when asked where they live, they will almost always answer with the number. In Lyon, three arrondissements – Vieux Lyon (fifth), la Croix Rousse (fourth) and Vaise (ninth) – are generally referred to by those names, and the others are referred to by"
"Marseille Marseille (; , ; Marseilles; ) is the second-largest city of France. The main city of the historical province of Provence, today it is the capital of the department of Bouches-du-Rhône and region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. It is located on France's south coast near the mouth of the Rhône river. The city covers an area of and had a population of 852,516 in 2012. Its metropolitan area, which extends over is the third-largest in France after Paris and Lyon, with a population of 1,831,500 as of 2010. Known to the ancient Greeks and Romans as ""Massalia"" (, ""Massalía""), Marseille"
"466,000 inhabitants in Lyon) and the law was meant to have the local administrations become more accessible and tied to their respective citizens. However, many thought the law could have been applied to other populous cities, in particular to the fourth largest city of France, Toulouse (435,000 inhabitants), and the fifth largest city, Nice (342,738 inhabitants); both cities where the central city halls have to deal with a large number of citizens. Nonetheless, to this day only Paris, Lyon and Marseille are divided into municipal arrondissements. In 1987, a new law assigned the sixteen arrondissements of Marseille to eight ""secteurs"","
"of conferences, seminars or exchange visits. The final objective is to offer international visitors in Strasbourg the opportunity to meet highly motivated students who are dedicated to research and public debate. Institut d'études politiques de Strasbourg Sciences Po Strasbourg ( or ""Institut d'études politiques de Strasbourg"", abbreviated IEP Strasbourg) is a Grande école located in Strasbourg, France. It was the second IEP, founded on October 9, 1945, after the ""IEP Paris (Sciences Po)"". Since January 1, 2009, it is part of University of Strasbourg, the second largest university in France. Its current director is Gabriel Eckert. The school is highly"
"Transport in Montpellier Montpellier is a city in Hérault, France. The city is located south of Paris, on the Mediterranean Sea. The city has a population of 255,080 and is the 8th largest city in France. Bus services are operated by TaM. Montpellier has 4 tram routes, serving large parts of the city. The first line opened in 2000 and there is now a network of 63 km (2012). All 4 routes serve Montpellier-Saint-Roch railway station. A fifth tram route is planned from Clapiers - City Centre - Paul Fajon - Laverune, to open in 2017. Vélomagg' (from Vélos Montpellier"
"is ranked 6th of France by Eduniversal, with 3 stars (2016/17). University of Montpellier The University of Montpellier () is a French public research university in Montpellier in south-east of France. Established in 1289, the University of Montpellier is one of the oldest universities in the world. The university was split into three universities during 45 years (the University of Montpellier 1, the University of Montpellier 2 and the Paul Valéry University Montpellier 3) between 1970 and 2015 when it was subsequently reunified by the merger of the former two, with the latter, now named Paul Valéry University Montpellier, remaining"
"in the French capital and Marseille located along the Mediterranean coast, the rivalry is often referred to as """"the North versus the South."""" PSG and Marseille are the only French clubs to have won European trophies, PSG having won the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1996 and Marseille won the UEFA Champions League in 1993, and they were the two dominant forces before the emergence of Lyon at the beginning of the 21st century. However, despite their recent ups and downs, PSG and Marseille remain fierce rivals, giving this match a special atmosphere. ""Le classique"" is also well known as"
"Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an area of and a population of 2,206,488. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of Europe's major centres of finance, commerce, fashion, science, and the arts. The City of Paris is the centre and seat of government of the Île-de-France, or Paris Region, which has an estimated official 2018 population of 12,246,234, or 18.2 percent of the population of France. Besides this,the Paris metropolitan area had a population of 12,532,901 in 2015.The Paris Region had a GDP of €681 billion (US$850 billion) in 2016, accounting"
"numbering the arrondissements in a spiral pattern beginning with the first centered on the imperial palaces, which put Passy in the sixteenth. In historical records, when it is important to distinguish between two systems, the original arrondissements are indicated by adding the term ""ancienne"" (""former"" or ""old""), for example, ""2ème ancienne"" or ""7ème anc"". Both a city and a département (French national administrative subdivision), Paris has since 1982 and the PLM law (Paris Lyon Marseille law) both a city council and 20 arrondissement councils. The PLM law also set limits to the prerogatives of the mayor of Paris, who has"
"population over 100,000 inhabitants, are Paris, Nancy, Strasbourg, Dijon, Basel in Switzerland and Freiburg im Breisgau in Germany. The highest mountain is Haut-du-Sac, in the Langres Plateau, in the southwest of the department, which rises to a height of 516 m (1,693 feet). The lowest points at 117m are found on the plains of Perthois and Der. The department is named after the Marne River, whose source is near Langres. This river covers 120 kilometres within the department. The department is to the east of the Parisian basin, and is characterised by a concentric sequence of cliff faces of varying"
"(i.e., ""gouvernements"") of France in 1789, it is always marked as such. However, the intricate entanglement of administrations and jurisdictions permitted Montpellier to also claim that distinction. In the 18th century, the monarchy clearly favored Montpellier, a city much smaller than Toulouse, with less history, and with fewer autonomous local authorities such as Toulouse's ""parlement"" and capitoulate. Between 1956 and 2016, the province of Languedoc was divided between four : In 2016, the French regions were reduced in number, with and merging to form , containing over 80% of historic , and and merging to , with just under a"
"'k' top-ranked items, but without assigning new rank numbers to the remaining members of the population. For example, in France the ranks are (as of 2010):<br> 1. Paris, 12.09M <br> 2. Lyon, 2.12M <br> 3. Marseille, 1.72M <br> 4. Toulouse, 1.20M <br> 5. Lille, 1.15M A fitting algorithm would process pairs {(1,12.09), (2,2.12), (3,1.72), (4,1.20), (5,1.15)} and find the parameters for the best parabolic fit through those points. To test for the King Effect we just exclude the first pair (or first 'k' pairs), and find parabolic parameters that fit the remainder of the points. So for France we would"
"Institut d'études politiques de Strasbourg Sciences Po Strasbourg ( or ""Institut d'études politiques de Strasbourg"", abbreviated IEP Strasbourg) is a Grande école located in Strasbourg, France. It was the second IEP, founded on October 9, 1945, after the ""IEP Paris (Sciences Po)"". Since January 1, 2009, it is part of University of Strasbourg, the second largest university in France. Its current director is Gabriel Eckert. The school is highly selective. In 2013, the admission rate was 14%. 53% of accepted freshmen graduated high school summa cum laude and were in the top 10% of their high school class. Over the"